Hello Electrical/Lighting Geniuses!
 

Hey guys,

So a couple of weeks ago I noticed that my bulbs seemed dimmer somehow. They are still bright enough to fry your retinas if you look directly at them but the tank just seems, I dunno, dim. I got ahold of some old bulbs (younger than the ones I have now) and tried those out. They were noticeably brighter to look at (superfried retinas vs regular fried :razz:) and everything was fine. That was monday. Today the bulbs are back to dim. I am wondering if somehow I have fried the ballasts or capacitors (?). The setup is H37 bare ballasts wired to plastic thingys which I think I was told were capacitors in a aluminum box. The box gets pretty hot so I keep the lid open.

Anyway, I did have a problem before with only one of the bulbs appearing noticeably dimmer, we discussed nipple orientation (snicker :cool: ), BCHydro messing around with stuff and I believe capacitors. I did add a mag 12 to the circuit and was wondering if maybe I am using too much power or something? Wouldn't the breaker just trip?

Any help is appreciated. I was hoping to get a couple more months out of these bulbs if possible. Jack was using them on his tank for awhile and didn't see any problems with them. For all I know I could have been staring at them for too long and maybe its me thats dim :razz:

TIA
Christy :)


PS. Hey Brad, Jack thinks its because I don't have a calcium reactor :wink:

Re: Hello Electrical/Lighting Geniuses!
 

Christy, it is. I had the EXACT same problem until I got a Ca reactor. Hey, you should get one!!! :razz:

Wow Brad, you have the BEST suggestions.:rolleyes: Hmm, I wonder where I should get one from??? :confused: :question:

I gots a few ideas.....

Indeed.

Say around Christmastime?? :wink: :razz:



Now back to the problem at hand! When we last left her, Christy was left in the dim, due to her lighting dilemma. Being almost night blind, she fumbled around for a solution to her problem.....


:mrgreen:

I am not sure about the Ca reactor thing.. but I think that a Kalk reactor might help a bit.. :wink:

Steve

I take it back about the "genius" part. You guys are goofs :rolleyes:

I think you might have a problem with your lights. Don't need no genus to figur that

positive results are just oozing from this thread :)

It makes me warm all over when I see appreciation for the help we give. :biggrin: